Here are some vintage polyester items for sale on eBay right now.  I didn't limit these to clothes from the 1970s because I didn't want to filter out too much.  I hope you find something you like!

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Vtg 60s 70s Mod Flower Blue White Polyester Blouse Top    US $19.99

Retro Brown Polyester Ladies Gloves and Scarf    US $29.99

VTG JOEL 70s Polyester Shirt Jacket Womens L Large    US $17.50

Vintage 70s MOD OP ART Polyester Blouse Top by TRISS    US $16.00

Rain Scarf by Totes Made in Italy Vintage 100 Polyester Water Repellent 28 X28    US $15.00

VINTAGE BEN HOGAN TOUR GREEN COTTON POLYESTER THIN FABRIC POCKET POLO LARGE    US $39.99

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UPDATE: Sorry, but YouTube pulled that clip, so here is a different one from Levi's that's kind of neat.

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New GOLD Rocky Balboa 70s Vintage Retro T Shirt Men M    US $14.99

vintage 70s SOMEBODY IN KANSAS LOVES ME t shirt NEW thin L    US $9.00

vintage 70s MY VERY OWN RAINBOW t shirt L    US $6.75

vintage 70s ely TENNIS mesh RINGER t shirt L    US $4.50

Vintage 70s Genesis Concert T Shirt Size Large    US $80.00

EMERSON LAKE PALMER Vintage Concert SHIRT 70s TOUR T RARE ORIGINAL Jersey    US $75.00

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For people looking for a specific, popular shirt, there are also a lot of 70's reproduction shirts being made today.  These are great if you just want the look and don't necessarily care about the age of the shirt.  This is actually something that fans of authentic vintage have to keep a close eye on because some sellers might try to pass one off as an original or just not know any better and think that they actually are in possession of an authentic piece of 70s clothing.  If you are going to be doing much buying and you really like vintage clothes, it is a good idea to learn a little bit about what brands were commonly used back in the 70's.  You wouldn't want to pay a vintage price for a reproduction you could have had for less than ten bucks.

  It wouldn't be strange at all if this was 1976 and we were getting ready for the U.S. Bicentennial celebration, but this is 2009 and people are trying to keep up with 70s clothing trends.  It's kind of refreshing in a retro kind of way.

I sometimes like to take a look at what people bought the week or two before to get an idea of where the demand is at the moment.  I try to keep up on what 70s trend is carrying the day, but there is simply too much stuff!

This past week saw a big rush of bids on a pair of vintage Adidas shoes.  The ebay listing was actually for Adidas France Tahiti shoes.  Those shoes went for over five hundred dollars.  One of the things I try to do if I can when I look at what is selling is remember what was up with that particular item back when it was actually in its prime.  For these shoes, I do actually remember owning a few similar pairs.  I can guarantee that my Mom didn't spend anything near five hundred bucks for them.  If I recall correctly, these actually sort of fell out of favor when other brands came along with the fancy white leather look.  All things Adidas seem to be popular right now as another Adidas item, two shirts also went for over five hundred.  One actually sold for 706 bucks.

For the past week, the biggest vintage 70s clothes seller was a Seven Arrows East West leather jacket.  It wasn't even really close to be honest.  A couple of people must have really wanted that old beauty.  Its final selling price... $3,250.

I kid you not when I say that might be worth more than all of the clothes I've worn so far this year put together!  It's a pretty cool coat though.

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A Little Bit About 70's Clothes

Clothes from the 1970s are back. I suppose they never really went away. 70's clothes have just been hiding away in the dark corners of attics for a few decades. Whatever your reason for wanting it, 70's vintage clothing and brand new "retro style" 70's clothes can definitely be found online nowadays.

Thanks to sites like Amazon and eBay, you can shop for vintage 70's clothes or 70's style clothing at any time of the day or night from the comfort of your home. You may, as I mentioned already, have some vintage fashions tucked away already in your home or the home of a relative who enjoyed their prime years during the 70's.  If so, you've lucked out.  They might just give it to you for a song.

Honestly, you cannot really talk about clothes worn in the 70's and mean just one style. The 1970's was a decade of profound change in the world and especially in the United States. The changes were social and political but they were reflected in many areas of popular culture, and that included clothing. At the point where the decades transitioned, 60's and 70's clothing were not all that different. Of course there were variations, but "sloppy" hippie clothes were pretty popular. As the 70's progressed, the decade came to be known for female fashions like peasant dresses and hotpants. Two very different looks for sure, but both might be found on the same girl during the same day. Just as the country was rebelling, people were ready to express themselves through their clothing and people (especially women) were quite likely to wear whatever they wanted, when they wanted.

70's retro clothing cannot be defined without including what occurred in the latter part of the decade. Fashion began what some would consider its decline into 70's disco clothes. As tastes changed and society morphed yet again, people began wearing some very bold outfits designed to look good on the dance floor, under the spinning mirrored disco ball. 70s clothes pictures tell the story quite well. This was the time of Farrah Fawcett hair and the Village People. 70's fashion clothes can now be found in a few different placed besides your own attic. Of course, if you want to buy 70's clothes, the easiest place to check is probably online. There are also 70's clothing stores that specialize in genuine vintage as well as 70's inspired clothing, but they can sometimes be a bit pricey. Thrift stores used to be a good source for 70's and 80's clothes, but they are now quickly picked over by people who re-sell them either on eBay or in one of the 70's shops I just mentioned.

Pictures of 70's fashion often feature disco outfits or 70's hippie clothes. It isn't as though people were walking around in 70's costumes that they thought about putting together every morning. Just as people today dress without giving much thought to what their grandchildren will think of them, so the people in the 1970's wore what they saw on television and in the movies and bought what was offered up at retail outlets. If you would like to get an idea of what things looked like back then, find yourself some good re-runs on television. Take note of the year the show was made and check out some episodes of Welcome Back Kotter, Room 222, The Dukes of Hazzard, and even The Brady Bunch and The Partridge Family. They are an interesting little peek into what was "in" at the time.

70's Clothes and Costumes

If you are looking to buy vintage clothes from the 70's, it is there, just waiting for you. Do you need some women's metallic jumpsuits or plus size disco clothing? No problem. Someone bought it back in the day and is ready to sell it to you.  If you can't find a vintage original, you can probably find a pretty good reproduction of it.   70's fashion and 70's clothes might not stay popular forever, but for now, they are enjoying a second life. If you enjoy retro fashion, you should be in your glory. Grab some groovy threads and stay a while.

I don't even turn on the news anymore because all you hear is economic gloom and doom.  Declaring a 70s style clothing day could be a fun distraction and might actually stimulate the economy a bit as people looked for the old fashions in unorthodox places!  Wouldn't it be great to see the anchors on all of the nightly news shows donning 70's fashions?

We could make it really fun.  Politicians in every town could drive around with our tax break money and give a dollar to everyone dressed like a hippie or a disco queen on the special day!  President Obama said he wanted to "spread it around", didn't he?  Once you received your dollar, your hand would be stamped with a special seal and you could get a free chunk of government cheese or something.  Remember eating that in the 80's?  Good stuff.  Really.

Why stop at 70 Style Clothing Day though?  We could come up with new incentives (or just do it for fun) and have dress like an 80's Prep Day and then prepare for 90's Seattle Grunge Eve!

Maybe we could even have competitions between towns and cities.  Instead of having professional sports teams wear those ugly throwback uniforms, they could face off wearing bell bottom jeans and tie dyed t-shirts (just on the special day though; they get paid enough to dress decently).  I'm a Pirates fan, so what have I got to lose?

Personally, I think it would be kind of cool to see the dress up day for the early part of last century.  Everyone in the country walking around in vintage fashions would be pretty neat to see.  I always have a hard time imagining what the country looked like back then in color.  That must be a condition of growing up watching re-runs in black and white.  Even when I see the rare color film footage on the History channel, it freaks me out a bit.  The 1940's and earlier were in black and white as far as the pictures in my mind are concerned.  Why not raid the vintage stores and attics of the country and let us re-live our country's history a bit?

I apologize for this random bit of silliness.  Every once in a while, I drink too much coffee and my mind starts zipping around outside the box.  I think I'm OK now.  But I'd still like to see a day devoted to 70 Style Clothing.

I do not really know what has fueled the retro clothing surge. My guess would be that people hit a point of wanting something "different" in their lives. Dressing in hippie clothes is different. Slipping into a disco costume is different. The extent that people today will go about their normal routines in 70's clothing is not entirely clear. In the late 1970's the disco look actually made its way into the business world. A look back at the business styles of the day, particularly for women will show that what was acceptable then, might not quite fly today. Seventies clothing for professional women was often designed to make them look like they were ready to hit the dance floor at the drop of a hat. I don't think most professional women today could live with that. That isn't to say that a business woman of the 1970's was any less professional. It is more that the culture was more accepting (or at least use to seeing) of the disco fashions that were popular among so many.

There is also a false belief that everyone in the 1970's wore clothing that made them look like they were either ready to head back to Woodstock or dance the night away. Any veteran of 70s fashion would probably tell you that you could go back to the 70's era wearing jeans and a t-shirt with no danger of standing out. In the same way, the retro clothing we as a culture often think of as 60's clothes or 80's clothes don't entirely define an entire generation of people, it should not be thought that everyone woke up and dressed in a stereotypical 70's costume.

It sometimes seems, when looking back at retro clothing that the book ends of a decade's start and finish are often quite different. It should always be remembered that every person was still able to "do their own thing" however. There are many men who probably made it through the entire decade of the 70's without ever putting a silk shirt across their shoulders. Likewise, some women went for and kept "short and sassy" and never went for Farrah's feathered hair. There will always be those who follow the fashion trends more closely than the rest of the people. There will also always be people who completely ignore fashion sense and, instead, aim entirely for comfort. Some people will rebel and do the opposite of whatever is popular at the moment. It always will come down to the individual and what they can live with. I suppose my point is that there is no one set example of 70's clothes.